Getty Images. At the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Jerome Basquiat (nephew of the '80s painter) explains his work, a grid of solarized lily pads referencing Claude Monet, to a collector, foreground, while the artist's dealer looks on. Behind them, another work depicts raindrops hitting the surface of a pond. (photo via Nasty Nets)
"Yeah, I saw the show, I saw it on the Internet." How much would I have to pay to see that?
And what's there to explain?
Follow the link to the clips for more groans if you haven't.
The clips are great. I imagine new employee's watching this as an instructional video for how to schmooze and sell art.
Flirting with prospective buyers at the opening, "the phone call", getting to know the artist, closing the deal.
Knowing looks from the woman say, 'Being pretty doesn't hurt'.
Being named Basquiat doesn't hurt either.
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Getty Images. At the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Jerome Basquiat (nephew of the '80s painter) explains his work, a grid of solarized lily pads referencing Claude Monet, to a collector, foreground, while the artist's dealer looks on. Behind them, another work depicts raindrops hitting the surface of a pond. (photo via Nasty Nets)
- tom moody 4-06-2007 9:21 pm
"Yeah, I saw the show, I saw it on the Internet." How much would I have to pay to see that?
And what's there to explain?
- --E (guest) 4-06-2007 9:59 pm
Follow the link to the clips for more groans if you haven't.
- tom moody 4-06-2007 10:04 pm
The clips are great. I imagine new employee's watching this as an instructional video for how to schmooze and sell art.
Flirting with prospective buyers at the opening, "the phone call", getting to know the artist, closing the deal.
Knowing looks from the woman say, 'Being pretty doesn't hurt'.
- Robert Huffmann (guest) 4-06-2007 10:48 pm
Being named Basquiat doesn't hurt either.
- dannielynn's daddy (guest) 4-07-2007 6:10 pm